unohoo

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by unohoo 14y ago
Does the app read out the phrase? If not, I see this as a big challenge in developing countries where, depending on who you interact with, the person might not know how to read (even their native language)
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by unohoo 14y ago
Are you seriously comparing scaling these businesses with scaling online media companies ? If dealing with logistics issues at scale would have been easy, your grocery store would have been able to deliver to your home. Do they ? No -- beca
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by unohoo 14y ago
that's where majority of the US population lives -- the sprawl if you may. If you simply restrict to SF/NYC and downtown areas (which in a lot of the US cities are mainly office buildings and not housing), you're not going to able to expand
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by unohoo 14y ago
moving parts != comfort, which is paramount when it comes to mattresses. For me (and a lot of people I know), having springs is actually an issue. The springs wear off, the mattress begins to sag and not to mention the back aches. So its no
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by unohoo 14y ago
courier services (aka postmates) is definitely difficult to scale in the 'burbs. And that's because of the distances, traffic etc. involved. Certain tasks on Taskrabbit could work in the suburbs, but not all. How many times do you see these
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by unohoo 14y ago
The one thing I have always wondered -- how would these companies scale ? These models work well in areas with a high population density (eg: SF, NYC, major city downtowns etc.). How well will they work when they spread out to the suburbs ?
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by unohoo 14y ago
I'm married too (no kids yet) and have a long commute. Most of my colleagues are single, male in the 23-30 age demographic and live in the city. They obviously go out way much more than I do. Family is important to me, but every once in a w
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by unohoo 14y ago
A lot of these awesome things (weekly standups, together lunches, socials etc.) are feasible when the team is still small. As the team scales, this starts getting more and more difficult and ultimately, silos form among the different functi
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by unohoo 14y ago
The app is great.I can easily see myself using it daily. One feedback though -- while the ios app is incredibly fast and slick, some of the gestures and menu is not intuitive enough. Like - where are my settings (twitter/fb etc.) ? Can I ch
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by unohoo 14y ago
I was just about to say the same.
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by unohoo 14y ago
its not always fear of failure. Sometimes you have to pragmatic too. For instance, doing a startup in Bay area with a family is not practical for a lot of people, especially given the current rental/living expenses.
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by unohoo 14y ago
While I'm not a target customer I'm sure you'll find early adopters thanks to YC&TC. Launching is hard, so congrats on that. That being said, I am still trying to wrap my head around the whole 'limited sharing' trend. Path got the ball
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by unohoo 14y ago
For starters, micro-app might be what you're preferring to call it, but as a reader (even with a tech background), I couldnt understand what it meant. I think you should put the use cases way up top on the page -- and probably provide one e
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Thank you Mike Arrington for creating TC(pranavdharma.com)
1 points by unohoo 14y ago|0 comments
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by unohoo 14y ago
Actually, I was wondering the same thing last week. I happened to accidentally land on their site while searching for something and was greeted with the nginx msg. As per their Wikipedia article, they sent an email sometime last month notif
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by unohoo 14y ago
I couldnt help LOL even though you might have asked the question sincerely.
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by unohoo 14y ago
I think you should make this clear somewhere on the site - that only the initial 64 feeds are free and then you need to upgrade. If its already present in the FAQ section or such, its not very obvious / easily accessible. This could avoid s
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by unohoo 14y ago
One of my friends built this: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mooed/id522311224?mt=8 provides you with different types of moods - related to anger, excitement, happiness etc. You can post the moods to Facebook as well as send your 'mooed'
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by unohoo 14y ago
completely agree. Chef and puppet could be overkill for several small to mid sized environments. The learning curve for both is relatively steep as compared to fabric. With the parallel exec feature, fabric more than meets our requirements
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by unohoo 14y ago
1) I had the same problem that citricsquid mentions below. I would say provide the user with a select option from like 5-7 colors. 2) Add game mechanics to show a leaderboard to see where you stand 3) This idea could be pretty attractive to
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by unohoo 14y ago
note that these are for famous/important legit people with integrity -- they're not looking to earn some quick cash by making their assistant to click through each msg. Their priority is more to control the inbound flow as opposed to make a
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by unohoo 14y ago
mention to his audience that he will entertain unsolicited inbound mail only through such a service (not guaranteeing a response, but higher probablity that he will read). he of course cant go removing his email from all the existing places
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by unohoo 14y ago
Well, fred could determine what the worth of his time is -- which obviously is not $5. >>The problem is it really doesn't solve any problem for Fred. He will still get a shitload of email. Yes, but if he redirects all unsolicited,
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by unohoo 14y ago
you missed the gist of the idea -- its not a replacement for email, but reducing the inbound flow of messages/email for famous people.
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Possible solution to PG's frighteningly ambitious idea for email overload(pranavdharma.com)
37 points by unohoo 14y ago|42 comments
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by unohoo 14y ago
probably you're right. I could have left out the ignorance part. But in the last couple of weeks, this is the 4th instance where I read someone just jumping to some conclusion and making a rash judgement about something that they have no ex
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by unohoo 14y ago
Vitriolic - really ? Sorry but I just cant think of what else i would call ignorance.
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by unohoo 14y ago
Come on -- cut him a break. You cant literally analyze each and every word / sentence like that - unless its like a major goofup
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by unohoo 14y ago
Your comment is just ignorant. The interviewer wasnt terrible. If the interview was being shown where the primary audience was geeks your argument makes sense. Given that the audience of that video could be a mix of geeks and non-geeks, I t
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by unohoo 14y ago
Do you plan to overnite / express mail the ingredients ? Because the recipe can contain produce / meat (perishables), you have to make sure the ingredients reach the customer within 1-2 days, else the perishables might go bad. Besides, you

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